If only Shin and Tiera didn't need to take on quests along the way as a technicality to get their rank-ups they would've gotten there a lot faster. And yeah, I too am wondering... where's Schnee? Is her reporting and reward splitting business really taking her that long? I'm surprised she and Shin haven't contacted each other telepathically even once. Even a simple "Shin, it'll take me another day to finish this, I'll catch up to you two at town XX" would've sufficed.